Kaplan GMAT 2005 with CD-ROM (Kaplan GMAT (Book & CD-Rom))

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Kaplan = Best GMAT prep. material out there!

still a skeptic if it really helped or not

Kaplan GMAT 2005 with CD-ROM (Kaplan GMAT (Book & CD-Rom))
Kaplan Publishing
Manufacturer: Kaplan Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

Are you ready for the GMAT? You will be.

Kaplan's GMAT 2005 Edition comes complete with a comprehensive review of all the material on the exam, plus Kaplan's proven test-taking strategies to help maximize your score. This powerful combination is a highly effective way for you to score higher on the GMAT and make yourself competitive for business school admissions.

Succeed on the Analytical Writing Assessment with Kaplan's expert strategies for approaching the computerized essay grader.

Prepare with quizzes for Problem Solving, Critical Reasoning, Data Sufficiency, Reading Comprehension, Sentence Correction, and a new, expanded GMAT Math Reference section.

Practice with a full-length GMAT, complete with explanations for every answer and detailed score analysis.

Score Higher with effective strategies and advice from Kaplan's expert instructors.

Even more practice online!

Customer Reviews:

Kaplan is Horrible!.......2006-09-16

I got the book. Signed up for the website. Then didn't have time to study for a while because of work. When I finally had time to use the book and study, my internet access (where a lot of important suppliments are) was cut off because it was passed the assumed amount of time. I tried getting it restored, but Kaplan was no help.
1st-They kept connecting me to the wrong departments who were too busy to talk, so took messages and never returned your calls.
2nd-Didn't respond to emails
3rd-After 4 days of trying to get in contact with the right department, I found out at Friday at 6pm that the people who could help me are closed from 5pm and the whole weekend. So now I have to lose another 3 days. This is very frustrating for someone who has to work and is limited with time. The phone opperator said this is a common problem but Kaplan does not care to spend the money to have employees over the weekend.

DO NOT USE THIS BOOK, THE SERVICE THAT COMES WITH IT IS TERRIBLE!

Helpful, but you'll have to do the heavy lifting yourself.......2006-08-14

This is a decent GMAT prep book. It's worth the money, and will help you get in gear for the GMAT. However, the GMAT is computer-based now, so relying on the books too much is of limited value. It will help you brush up on math and grammar a bit, and get a feel for the questions on the exam. If you are serious about doing well on the GMAT, you need to do some practice tests on the computer.

If it means anything to you, I got a 720 on the GMAT. This book definitely helped, because I hadn't done any math for a few years.

It's helpful.......2006-03-13

I'm in agreement with what most people have said. The Kaplan review is definitely harder than the real GMAT, they work you harder on the practice tests and score you lower. This will most likely be a discouraging experience, but if you work at it and really put in the effort then it will lead to a good score.

My Kaplan scores were as follows:
550, 550, 620

I just took the GMAT and scored 710. The three materials I used were Kaplan, GMAC's Quantitative Review book, and the 2 free downloadable practice tests from MBA.com (which I scored 620 & 720 on). Bottom line, use Kaplan to prepare, then use the MBA.com practice tests as an accurate indicator of how you will really score.

Kaplan = Best GMAT prep. material out there!.......2006-02-05

After studying GMAT material (Princeton Review 2005, the Official Guide books, the Arco books, etc.) regularly for about 12 weeks, I cracked open the Kaplan GMAT 2005 book during the final push (the last 6 days before the exam). This book is an excellent resource for anyone that wants to earn a top GMAT score. The most valuable portion of this book, in my opinion, isthe math review in the way back. This section contains 100 pointers on how to solve common GMAT problems. Make sure to note the pointer on solving Venn Diagram problems! Below are my CAT score results and my real GMAT score for reference.

Here are my CAT results for reference:
Brand Score Math Verbal

Arco- CAT 1 670 56 41
Princeton Review- CAT 1 660 42 40
Kaplan- CAT 1 630 44 33
Arco- CAT 2 670 46 35
Princeton Review- CAT 2 640
Arco- CAT 3 750 60 40
Kaplan- CAT 2 640 40 37
Kaplan- CAT 3 590 37 35
Kaplan- CAT 4 610 48 30
Princeton Review- CAT 3 690 45 40
Princeton Review- CAT 4 650 47 34
REAL EXAM MUCH better than expected

still a skeptic if it really helped or not.......2005-08-24

I am an undergraduate whose trying to go directly for his MBA.
So far the preparation was horrible

Diagnostic: 570
CAT 1: 400 Scaled scores: Q- 22 V-21
CAT 2: 420 Q- 25 V-16
CAT 3: 500 Q- 28 V-22

Ok, I have to say that at the third CAT I concetrated as if it were the real deal. My GMAT is tomorrow so I feel like I will do terrible to miserable.
The other comments make me feel a little bit better but since I did not do as tarrific as the other reviewers I feel panicked.
I would like to score above 550+ and best outcome would be around the 620 areas.
I hope that the other reviewers are right saying that the Kaplan is more difficult than the real deal.
I had only a ten days time to study for the test.

Book Description

This book argues, against the current view, that competitiveness--that is, the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector--matters to the long-term health of the U.S. economy and particularly to its long-term capacity to raise the standard of living of its citizens. The book challenges the arguments popularized most recently by Paul Krugman that

competitiveness is a dangerous obsession that distracts us from the question most central to solving the problem of stagnant real income growth, namely, what causes productivity growth, especially in the service sector.

The central argument is that, if the U.S. economy is to achieve full employment with rising real wages, it is necessary to enhance the competitiveness of its tradable goods sector. The book shows that current account deficits cannot be explained by macroeconomic mismanagement but are rather the consequence of an uncompetitive manufacturing sector. It finds that the long-term health of the manufacturing sector requires not only across-the-board policies to remedy problems of low or inefficient investment, but also sectoral policies to address problems that are strategic to resolving the balance of payments problems. Lessons are drawn from the experience of some European and Asian countries.

This book will be of interest to economists, political scientists, and business researchers concerned with the place of the manufacturing sector in overall health of the U.S. economy, with issues of industrial policy and industrial restructuring, and with the conditions for rising standards of living.

Candace Howes is Associate Professor, Barbara Hogate Ferrin Chair, Connecticut College. Ajit Singh is Professor of Economics, Queens College, Cambridge.

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Arranged by neighborhood, this guide describes the history, atmosphere, and edibles of over 100 cafes, coffee houses, and espresso carts in the greater Seattle area.

Customer Reviews:

A list of coffee shops, nothing more.......2000-06-20

If you want to have a list of almost all the coffee shops in Seattle, get this book. But don't expect anything else. Nothing is written about the quality of the coffee at each coffee shop, and that makes this book useless to me. I don't need to know where all the coffee shops are, I only care about the good ones that take espresso making seriously.

SEATTLE EMERGENCY ESPRESSO: The Insider's Guide to Neighborhood Coffee Spots

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SEATTLE EMERGENCY ESPRESSO: The Insider's Guide to Neighborhood Coffee Spots
Heather Dorn Barbieri
Manufacturer: Alaska Northwest Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KNSQK8

Book Description

Zobmondo!! takes the idea of parlor game questions to a new level of debate and lunacy. Based on the new Hasbro board game of the same name, it's a chunky book of 400 questions that range from the heinous to the nauseating to the downright disturbing, each a field-tested conversation starter-because no matter how strange or far-fetched, Zobmondo!! knows that choice provokes thinking, and thinking is fun.

Some questions, like a Rorschach test, reveal values: Would you rather . . . Age only from the neck up-OR-age only from the neck down? Be stupid and rich-OR-smart and poor? Some delight in their own grossness: Eat three earthworms-OR-wear a necklace made of them on your wedding day? Be trapped in an elevator with wet dogs-OR-three fat men with bad breath? Some churn up prejudices: Lose your mate to the same sex as yourself-OR-the opposite sex? Some create that squirming sensation: Get a bad case of poison ivy way up inside your nose-OR-inside your inner ear? Or ethical dilemmas: Be president of a firm that poaches endangered species-OR-work for a corrupt politician? And some are just deliciously absurd: Catch a porcupine thrown from a second-story window-OR-a skunk thrown from the same window? Each question is followed up with related, often off-the-wall information, from odd trivia to dumb jokes to the occasional practical advice (go for the skunk--the porcupine's got 30,000 quills, while tomato juice will take away the skunk smell).

Customer Reviews:

Great.......2007-05-15

Book arrived right on time for my daughters birthday party. It was in excellent condition when it arrived and the hit of the party!
Thanks!

ZoBmOnDo!!!!!.......2007-04-23

Zobmondo is a hilarious book of with thousands of bizzare choices. The choices come from would u rather marry your first boyfriend/girlfriend or marry someone your parents chose for you? And would u rather take a bumpy two-mile ride sitting wedged (feet hanging out) in the main compartment of a small metal shopping cart or take a 25-mile ride in the empty but rotating bin of a cement truck? It's the perfect book for somebody who likes reading comedy books because this is the funniest book I have ever read.

A little racy.......2006-02-23

I would give this 5 stars, except that I was a bit surprised when I read some entries pertaining to sex. There is another version of Zobmondo that is supposed to be dirty, so I guess I figured this version would be clean. All in all, it's a great way to encourage the art of discussion, even if it encourages a discussion of the merits of eating live rodents' body parts.

Zobmondo! Great Campfire discussions!.......2002-07-17

I got this book from my querky sister... Now I'm the querky sister! What great entertainment this turned out with our weenend camping trips. Makes for great discussions and very thought provoking. Interestingly enough, although conversations about the choices were loud and long, no one got angry or upset, just good laughs and a lot of fun. (could even fun for kids when some censorship is used! ha!) Recommend this book for anyone who likes to entertain -- just as fun as MAD-LIBs but without the pencils.

Pretty cool.......2002-03-18

...It's definetly better to ask the questions to your friends, you get a much better response.

However, the questions are awesome and make you sit and ponder. There are defiently some questions that aren't for everyone. A lot of them make me kinda quesy. Some of my other 16-18 yo friends wouldn't like it, but the majority would found it down right sweet, as soon as i get back to high school. And the size is handy because you can fit it in pratically any pocket.

Customer Reviews:

Essential?.......2000-05-11

The value of this book depends on your interests and knowledge in opera. I agree with the previous reviewer on the books' strenghts so let me just emphasize the reasons why I din't like it: 1 - The authors defend their choices by stating that they do not know how to define the 100 best operas so they just pick the 100 essential ones. That seems silly to me. One could have objectively decided what are the 100 most performed or recorded operas and recomend their best recordings. That, I think, would have been a useful introductory text. 2 - Quite aside from the actual choices of operas the chosen recordings are, at times, quite idiosyncratic, just like in the original, full size, rough guide to the opera book. They seem to compensate the choices of modern operas for the "essential" repertoire by picking many old recordings for several of them. For these reasons I can not think of any group of people (begginers/experts/occasional collectors etc..) to whom I would recommend this book.

The Essential Opera Guide.......2000-04-16

If you are new to the area and are going to buy only one book on Opera, this is the one. Essentially it is a book of recommendations - 100 CDs to buy and listen to: Fundamentally it is a well-written introduction to the music, the composers, librettos and performers. 100 Opera recordings have been selected, not for being the best, but for being "key works by seminal figures." The composers are arranged alphabetically (from Adam to Weill) and the works listed chronologically under each composer. The earliest opera listed is Monteverdi's, `L'Orfeo', the most recent, Birtwistle's, `Gawain'. Each recording is reviewed in approximately 500 words. This includes a listing of performers, a cover photograph (useful when searching in a shop, as I found out) and the most recent (almost) catalogue number. The reviews follow the formula of: Introduction, plot, significant points about the music/text and an assessment of the recommended performance. This works well: Context is given to the individual Opera (e.g. Britten is quoted on Tosca; you also find out which Opera was "too tough for the teeth of the Viennese" and who was called an "old crank") and some guide as to what to listen out for in the music (the "darting around" and "shimmering orchestral textures" of Ligeti; the "exhilarating" role of Canio in `I Pagliacci' requiring "stamina, flexibility and power"; the strings imitating the breezes, the bassoon used for comedy/ horn for more serious episodes in Mozart's `Cosi fan tutti' - credited with being "the most perfect ensemble opera ever written"). The recordings are selected intelligently to give as wide a range of performers and performing styles as possible whilst preserving the quality of both performance and recording. They really are benchmarks against which other recordings and live performances can be measured! All 100 should remain in the catalogues of both Europe and North America for a long time (although the selection criteria mean the listed performances are frequently top price). I already own a number of the recordings (some on records) and agreed with what was said about them. As a test of the book, I slipped a copy into my trouser pocket (it is that small), went off to the only decent music store in Moscow (Melodyia) and selected two recordings I would not normally have considered buying - both turned out to be absolute gems! A word of warning - one of the recordings has already changed its cover (the book warns this can happen) but the listings were detailed enough for me to identify it without any problem. I am really impressed by the range of selection, the clarity of the writing, the handy, well-made format - and the price - of this book. It will be an essential guide (not dictator) to my purchasing over the next few years (and the Rough Guide to 100 Classical CDs is almost as good).

Book Description

To many people, telecommunications is a glamorous enterprise in which the most important personnel are those whose voices stream through our radio speakers and whose faces glow on our television sets. But on-air jobs are, in many ways, just the tip of the electronic media iceberg. In Career Perspectives in Electronic Media, author Orlik offers a focused career guide that comprehensively covers job roles throughout the electronic media, as well as the industry issues, structures, and challenges with which the holders of these jobs must contend. The most salient aspect of the text consists of mini-essay profiles from practicing professionals throughout the industry characterizing their positions ' duties, talents, gratifications and drawbacks. These conversationally written profiles - nearly 50 in all - help to illustrate and further illuminate the industry issues and operations Orlik discusses. Coverage of job functions is extensive and contemporary, ranging from performance and conceptual positions (e.g., on-air entertainers, copywriters, art directors, Web writers) and production functions (e.g., audio and video engineers, camera operators, film and video editors, lighting directors) to sales roles (including station salespersons and representatives and Web sales executives), directive functions (e.g., program directors, news producers and directors, entertainment producers, sales managers) and evaluative functions (e.g., regulators, communication attorneys, lobbyists and public relations specialists, critics, media analysts, media educators). Career Perspectives in Electronic Media can effectively serve as a text at either the beginning or the end of the student 's program - the ideal second text for an introductory course sequence for the beginning student or as the provocative primary text in a senior-level capstone course in which students assess their honed abilities and attempt to match them with career opportunities.

Customer Reviews:

Extensive in Providing Career Preparation.......2005-05-31

This book fills a niche unlike any other book of its kind in that it provides students with comprehensive information that can enable them to see that career options in electronic media extend far beyond traditional television and radio outlets. Professor Orlik has brought together a wealth of sources from myriad backgrounds covering everything from one-person advertising agencies to executives with mega-media giants.

In the concluding chapter, ten experts in the field offer ten tips for breaking into the field. That's 100 in total and the convincing thing about it is that several of these experts offer the same advice. Have a passion for the work and never give up is the sum of what they advise.

Electronic media is a field that is changing even more rapidly than a lot of other segments of society. Professor Orlik describes those changes in detail throughout this book. Another common thread that runs through every section is ethical responsibility. For broadcasters to be true professionals, ethics must be uppermost in the minds of decision-makers doing their daily tasks.

Professor Orlik is a master communicator himself. Several of the contributors talk about the role of media personnel being that of the storyteller. In this career guidance book, Orlik tells a pretty inspiring story himself, one of passion for a worthwhile life contribution. This book will fuel your passion for the field and point you in the right direction to network, build a resume tape, and gain experience while enjoying the process.

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Career Perspectives In Electronic Media
Peter B. Orlik
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MUA5DU

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Perfect for software engineers and project managers, Applying Use Cases, Second Edition, shows you how to implement use cases effectively to design better software in less time. This concise and jargon-free text gives you some best practices to try out in your software shop.

While many titles on software engineering get bogged down in software engineering theory, this book is a friendly and intelligent exception to the rule. The authors deliver a clearly presented tour of the basics of designing effective use cases organized around a single large case study for an order-processing system. The key steps in developing and refining use cases are illustrated with dialogues between hypothetical participants, framed by commentary. From defining a project scope to identifying risks and then creating basic and advanced use cases, guidelines and sample documents are provided to help you get started.

The material on integrating how-to document success and failure scenarios as actors work with software is particularly good. (The successful "basic path" is documented first, and then you learn about what can go wrong in alternative failure paths.) The authors are very clear about how use cases work together, even including or inheriting from one another. Managers will appreciate the presentation of a method (and formula) to calculate how long a given project will take based on the number and complexity of its use cases. This title makes judicious use of UML throughout (including activity diagrams) that can supplement written textual descriptions of use cases. Final chapters examine how to fit use cases into the entire project development lifecycle, from implementing to deploying a design.

Applying Use Cases proves that computer books don't have to be 1,000 pages long to provide real expertise on writing better applications. This is an extremely worthwhile choice for any developer or IT manager seeking to deliver higher quality software in less time. --Richard Dragan

Topics covered:

Overview of use cases
The iterative software design process
A case study for an ordering system for a mail order company
Identifying risks, actors, and use cases
Handling time
System boundaries
Sample text-based and graphical use case documents
Basic and alternative paths to processing
Using include
Extend and inheritance relationships between use cases
Getting the right level of detail for use cases
Documentation templates and sample use case styles
Documenting common system features (login and CRUD functions)
Reviewing use cases with different stakeholders
Common mistakes with use cases
Dividing large systems
Architectural patterns and multitiered applications
UML notations for use case and sequence diagrams
Project estimates based on use cases
Use cases during the construction and deployment project phases
UML quick reference

Customer Reviews:

I thought it was really good until..........2007-02-02

This was the first book that really helped me to write use cases as part of my job and I really liked it until I found Writing Effective Use Cases by Alistair Cockburn. I took a class from Alistair and found certain concepts in his book and class that Applying Use Cases doesn't have to be extremely useful (you'll have to look at the book since this is a review of Applying Use Cases). Although this was a very good book for its time, I no longer even open it.

Helpful, but dry.......2006-10-05

Schneider and Winters present a clear, thorough introduction to "use cases," a well-established part of software requirements management. In logical structure, though not always in time order, use cases take the first step towards detailed technical requirements and design. They answer the question, just what is this thing supposed to do? The answer has narrative form, describing the sequence of events that pass between the system's internals and the outside world. It's well worth noting that a use case is written in informal, non-technical language, the kind that an end user can really understand and comment on. Anyone who's ever worked on something for a year only to hear "That's not what I wanted" will understand just how crucial early feedback can be.

The book starts with summaries of the development process and of how use cases fit into that process. Next, the basics of a use case are introduced: who the outside people and systems are that interact with the new system must, and what needs and expectations are for each of those outsiders. Irrespective of internal implementation, they define the system as it's seem from the ouside. Next, the authors offer "script-writing" suggestions: first address the common cases, then go into the details of unusual cases and failures. The authors also show how OO design concepts can be used to treat special cases as elaborations of the basic system behaviors. Next, they relate narrative use cases to diagrammatic UML notations. They also offer a brief (too brief) discussion of traceability - that critical but insubstantial thread that binds together the strands of knowledge in the requirements, design, implementation, test cases, and usage documentation.

After showing the goals of the use cases, discussion returns to the descriptive techniques that help to meet those goals. That includes confirmation that the use cases are correct and complete, or complete enough for a given phase of the software life cycle. The rest of the book deals more with managing that life cycle, emphasizing the place of use cases at each step.

Although helpful, this book suffers one weakness that seems inherent in software process books: the vast gap between the static generality of the printed page and the dynamic complexity of any one application. I'm sure that a novice will get some value from this text. I'm equally sure that use cases' full value can only be learned by seeing an experienced practitioner adapting them to a specific project's constraints, history, goals, and team culture. Still, this gives the interested developer or project manager plenty to get started with. I recommend it.

//wiredweird

UCP Explanation worth the price of admission.......2004-08-27

I have been a technology developer/manager for 20 years. In most organizations, there is little understanding of the value of structured requirements (there may be an acceptance philosophically, but in practice it done in pockets at best). This book not only helps communicate that value, it provides an excellent explanation of the Use Case Points estimation method. Managers who get their business partners to adhere to these practices and get their project managers to estimate in this fashion will begin to achieve far more predictable results.

Use Case Points.......2004-06-22

An excellent book. Gustav Karner did a really good job, finding the solution of estimating resources for object oriented projects.

Excellent guide to Use Case development and application.......2003-10-25

Over the last year I have come to love Use Cases ... I write them before embarking on any software development project, large or small. The first taste I got of Use Cases was in the "UML Distilled" book (Fowler, Scott).

My favorite aspect of "Applying Use Cases" is how it follows a hypothetical project from Inception to Transition phases. The authors provide the reader with a clear idea of how Use Cases fit into the software development process as a whole, rather than just providing some templates for producing Use Case documents without instructions on their use.

The best, and worst, thing about books in the Object Technology Series (of which "Applying Use Cases" and "UML Distilled" both belong to) is their brevity. The concepts are conveyed very clearly and concisely, but it feels like I should be getting more substance ... .

Overall, this is a wonderful book and belongs on the shelf of any Software Engineer or Project Manager. It goes well with "Extreme Programming Explained" and "A Practical Guide to Extreme Programming", two of my favorites in this genre.

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Applying Use Cases A Practical Guide
Jason Winters
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N7KSTI

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